Who is playing the roles in our film?

Candice Jackson, played by Chantelle Cooper, age 16:

We chose to use Chantelle to play the role of Candice as not only does she fit our age for the character, but she comes across as quite a strong, streetwise person who would do anything to protect her family.

Kacey Brookston, played by Kahmal Sealey, age 18:

We chose to use Kahmal as the role of Kacey as he has a London accent (a stereotypical trait within gangs and thugs shown in films) and seems to have quite a dark side to him.



Nath Lawson, played by Josh Denny, age 17:

We appointed the role of Nath to Josh as he has quite a friendly looking face, yet can still seem intimidating. Nath's character gets into the wrong crowd, but during the film, falls in love with Candice and helps her out of her situation - Josh gave us the impression that he's a kind, caring and genuine person which is what we wanted for this character.

Shelly Jackson, played by Courtney Radley, age 30

When assigning people to play the roles of our characters, we struggled to get adults involved. Due to this we decided to assign Courtney to the role of Shelly as she looks older than what she is).

Lou Jackson played by Emily Ellwood, age 14:

Chloe Jackson, played by Georgia Banks, age 12:

Jamie Jackson, played by Marcus Mauby, age 14:

We chose to have these three children as Candice's younger siblings because two of them are relations to Courtney and was therefore easy to get in contact with them, they fitted the age criteria and because they all knew each other, it created a family bond which is reflected in the opening.

Tom Hooper, played by Harry Silvester, age 17:

We chose Harry to play Tom as he fits the age criteria, he's rather cocky and gives the impression that he only really cares about himself and having a good time, not the consequences of his actions and we wanted that portrayed in the character.

Extras at the party, ages 16-18

The extras at the party are simply mine and Courtney's friendship group as they all fit within the age criteria, they were easy to get in contact with and they are all friendly and familiar with each other, so the scene would run smoothly and there wouldn't be any awkward scenes where they didn't know what the other people were like.